Sentences with phrase «religions living the high life»

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She's the world's highest paid female CEO and she just so happens to have also formed Terasem, a religion that hypothesizes that «a person's mind file may be downloaded into a robotic, nanotechnological or biological body to provide life experiences comparable to those of a typical human.»

The Pew Research Center found that in 2012, 3 out of 4 people worldwide lived in a country with high levels of social hostilities involving religion, compared with 64 percent of people who lived with high levels of government restrictions on religion.

(Hebrews 10:25) Indeed, so central were these problems to certain of the early Christians that Professor E. F. Scott can say of religion: «For some it is an inward fellowship with God, for some an inspiration to right living, for some the highest exercise of reason.

While three out of four Americans (72 %, a record high) believe that religion is «losing its influence on American life,» a majority of Americans (56 percent) also believe this shift has been for the worse.

You will see for example that the LDS (Mormon) religion are higher educated and generally more succesfull in business and life in general.

Now here's my theory — Islam is one of the newest religions — it is going thru its teenage years when religion is most important aspect of life Mullahs / priests have very high degree of influence in society.

It was no doubt a form of gnosticism, which creates and elite body of insiders who cultivate a higher form of religion that despises common people, common things and anything that has to do with a commitment to a moral life.

In Interpretations of Poetry and Religion (1900), Santayana claimed that religion was the highest form of poetry, one that interprets, deepens, and guides our lives.

Judge made the biggest mistake of his life to let that mosque to be built.and problem is that people will pay heavily for that decision.Islam is the source of problem, Koran is the source problem.They use our freedom of religion, they sneak in cities under the name of peace and love then they strike hard, though other religions have no rights in their contries.Here is statement from Omar Ahmed chairman of the Board of council on America Islamic Relation:» Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant.The Quran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth «Does this sounds to you religionf peace, love and logic?or terrorist thresd for thr future?

«Freedom of religion is widely embraced around the world, but it is particularly significant to people who place high importance on religion in their lives,» stated Pew.

Some of the programs provide courses dealing with the religious «Umwelt» of the Bible; general surveys of primitive, higher and highest religions; typological treatment of varieties of religious experience; presentation of the major living world religions, of the life and teaching of outstanding religious leaders, etcetera.

In the foreword to the report Dr Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief said: «Despite global commitments to promote and to protect freedom of religion or belief, the scale of violations remains enormous, with almost 80 per cent of the world's population living in countries with «high» or «very high» levels of restrictions and / or hostilities towards certain beliefs.»

I would submit that much of the scientific and social progress that has transpired since the Dark Ages was driven by those who didn't drink the Kool - Aid of organized religion, but who dared to strike - out on their own spiritual path, without necessarily «tossing out» the concept of a higher power in our lives.

If the point of religion is to bring peace and guide a culture toward certain specific behaviors, primarily for order and the preservation of the good qualities of society, then how can one say that one religion is better than another or that a «religion-less» person who STILL acts the SAME way (i.e. does right unto their neighbors, lives according to the thing the bible suggests) but is more tolerant is not as high quality a citizen as another who is associated with a Major League Religious Team?

Muslims assert that Islam is a religion with the best standards and ideals, giving to its believers high moral principles and guiding them to a deep spiritual life which brings peace and comfort in this world and the next.

Like our founder, Richard John Neuhaus, we believe that public life is ultimately shaped by culture and religion — our ideas about the first and highest things — rather than clever soundbites or wonky white papers.

Social hostilities involving religion soared worldwide in 2012, with nearly 3 out of 4 of the world's people (74 %) living in countries with high levels.

We can pay our full respect to the tested structures of authority in our common life, but all conventional human authorities easily assume a finality beyond their competence, and this is nowhere more dangerously true than in the high forms of spiritual authority which belong to religion and its institutions.

Organized religions have helped to keep moral values high, to provide high goals of living, to create dissatisfaction with anything less than almost a perfect human being.

Even though over 60 percent of Americans are church members and more than half of them are Protestants and over 55 percent of the population generally say that religion is «very important» in their lives, very few people seem to think that religion is «very important» for higher education.

Speaking of the non-Christian religions, the Council taught that the Church «has a high regard for the manner of life and conduct, the precepts and doctrines which, although differing in many ways from her own teaching, nevertheless often reflect a ray of that truth which enlightens all men.

YHWH does not do religions man, He's higher than that, He is the Almighty Creator of all Life, the Strong One of all righteousness, He is The King YHWH, you know.

Most people with religion in their lives have a higher moral than people who don't.

Cowardly is sending suicide bombers to murder thousands civilians on one's behalf, dragging an entire religion into the mud in doing so, then holing up in a ritzy suburb living the high life, appearing only on internet videos, and then using a woman as a human shield when attacked.

'' having a religion or adhering to a higher purpose is a key component to living a healthy and balanced life» If it were a «key» component that would indicate that one could not have a healthy and balanced life without it, which is obviously a blatant lie as there are many many people who do just that every day and you might know that if you cared to shut your mouth and open your eyes to the world around you.

Good article, I really enjoyed what it had to say and think having a religion or adhering to a higher purpose is a key component to living a healthy and balanced life.

But the Indian Christians had already been living for centuries in a positive encounter with the high caste Hindus and had developed a theological vision of Hindu religion which was more positive and liberal.

The existence of this highest level religious symbolism in the political life of the republic justifies the assertion that there is a civil religion in America.

(ENTIRE BOOK) This book summarizes the history of the Christian religion, directing attention to the challenges it has met, the failures of many of its most loyal adherents to live up to «the high calling of God in Christ Jesus,» and some of the achievements in seeking to make that calling a reality.

A torn humanity which has passed through so many catastrophes, which has ruined itself through so many wars, which is still bleeding from so many wounds, can be saved by one thing only, which is rooted in and proceeds from divine love as it lives in the high religions, primarily in their saints and martyrs.

The heart of all real religions is an affirmation that human life on this planet is only part of something very much greater; that «human values» are determined by an authority higher than human beings themselves; and that man neither finds happiness nor discovers his true self until his worship, his loyalty and his love are given to Someone infinitely greater than any man or group of men.

The battle becomes considerably subtler, though, when religion is advocated not as a way of life but as something to be studied as an integral part of American culture, and is made part of a high school curriculum.

It's a road which connects the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals in a city where the two faiths are still prominent, but it's Liverpool's third religion which is in need of hope as it continues to struggle to live up to historic highs.

«Of course these figures still exaggerate the number of Christians overall — the number of believing, practicing Christians is much lower than this and the number of those leading their lives with no reference to religion much higher.»

Some characterize religion in this fashion already, and as we know those women who took vows of poverty — yet lived in Jersey where the cost - of - living is higher than a vow of poverty would accommodate — would have approved of the lobotomy to maintain the «particular level of poverty they enjoyed» (well at least in 1950 — we've cough cough cough cough come cough cough cough cough such a cough long way in the cough field since cough cough cough).

An award - winning journalist, Christine has specialized in reporting on intersections of religion and public life for a variety of national and local media outlets including The Huffington Post, Jersey Shore Patch, Slate, Christianity Today, Urban Faith, The High Calling, and On Faith.

A 57 - year - old high school biology teacher — «I'm on the front lines of the evolution issue,» he says — he describes his religion as «Einsteinian / Spinozan,» lives surrounded by books, loves dancing and blues guitar, and lists his greatest sources of enjoyment as «kids, thinking clearly and critically, walking in the woods.»

While religion is associated with a prescribed set of practices and beliefs, I see spirituality as relating to how we answer existential questions regarding why we are here, and the relationships we have with life and a higher power.

For example, if someone says they want to meet someone Christian on Match.com, it's not clear how important religion is to them, but if you find them on Christian Mingle, it's more likely the members make religion a high priority in their lives.

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this show is the greatespiece of entertainment known to man, action, violence, great story based on real life, this show made me feel like everything i have watched in my entire life was a waste of my time, if u don't like this show you are prob brainwashed by religion or someother ignorant group that don't like things uncensored, everything about this is high quality, the highest quality,

A British High Court judge must oversee the case of a boy who is suffering from leukemia and refuses possible life - saving treatment because it goes against his religion.

It's all high - quality conversation, covering such topics as religion, life, death, mortality, music and literature but still sounding unforced and unwritten.

Information includes, population, area, number of bordering countries, continent, highest and lowest points, major languages, and religion and life expectancy for men and women World Cup top trumps A classic!!

Discrimination and difference at the high school level will never end until the adults running these schools can go about their own lives without judging others for their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc..

The Malabar Coast and lush backwaters certainly look like paradise, the population has the highest life expectancy and literacy rates in India, and the melting pot of different religions happily coexist.

For centuries now, Western science, philosophy, and religion have believed that we could escape this amazing and abundant reality, that our brilliant minds meant we were not subject to the laws and balance of the intricate and complex web of life, that we were somehow outside and above it, able to manipulate it according to our will, with some fate independent of it and higher than it.

Gary brought up an interesting issue in the middle of at least three great religions» special holidays plus the high point of our consumers life.

If you could get in heaven because of your good deeds, why would JESUS had to have gone to the cross, you will not go to hell because you sinned, the bible says we all have sinned, you will go for rejecting GODS free gift, his son, JESUS, SEE, HE TOOK YOUR PLACE IF YOU EXCEPT HIS OFFER BUT IF NOT YOU PAY FOR ALL YOUR SINS, KIND OF LIKE COURT, BETTER TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY THAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to die for you as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is bible vs man made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead as many people away from CHRIST as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOVED]